O.C. firefighters help fight San Diego County fire

More than 20 Orange County firefighters were sent to San Diego County to help fight a wildfire that has burned eight buildings and is threatening dozens more.

Fire officials said triple-digit temperatures and gusty winds were feeding the fire that started Saturday and has consumed about 7 square miles. The flames continued to spread Tuesday. The flames jumped Sunrise Highway in the Julian area Monday and threaten dozens of homes.

Nearly 1,200 firefighters – as well as 18 aircraft and seven bulldozers – are fighting the fire in rocky, steep terrain.

Among the teams are more than 20 firefighters and five fire engines and from the Orange County Fire Authority, said Capt. Jon Muir.

The OCFA personnel were dispatched Sunday morning.

Deputy Chief Kelly Zombro of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the state firefighting agency, said the fire, "really ran hard." Four firefighters have suffered minor injuries since the fire began.